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  • How to Talk to Anyone

  • How to Charm, Banter, Attract, & Captivate (How to Be More Likable and Charismatic, Book 21)
  • By: Patrick King
  • Narrated by: Russell Newton
  • Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (109 ratings)

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How to Talk to Anyone

By: Patrick King
Narrated by: Russell Newton
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Publisher's summary

Beyond simple small talk: what to say and when to say it to be likable, connect, and make a memorable impression.

Actionable and applicable verbal maneuvers for just about every phase of conversation—good and bad. Whatever your conversational goal, you’ll find tactics to put you in a winning position—in a literal sense with arguments and in a figurative sense with making friends. You can never underestimate the power of a simple conversation.

No more: interview mode, awkward silence, or struggling to hold people’s attention.

How to Talk to Anyone is a unique book. It provides guidance for every social situation you’ll come across, including "What should I say?", "Hello, how was your weekend?", "I disagree with you", "Stop doing that", "Here’s a story", and "Good-bye".

You’ll find 100 percent actionable, nuanced, and subtle tactics to salvage your worst situations and enhance your best—all field-tested and proven through thousands of conversations. In addition to shrewd insights to make conversation flow, you’ll learn to win arguments and diffuse dirty tricks.

Patrick King is an internationally best-selling author and social skills coach. His writing draws of a variety of sources, from scientific research, academic experience, coaching, and real life experience. He suffered for years as a shy introvert and managed to boil human interaction down to a science—first for himself and now for you.

He is without doubt a uniquely qualified individual to teach you these tactics.

  • Exact words and phrases—always know what to say for social engagement.
  • Common and subtle conversational habits you need to stop right now.
  • How to turn enemies into friends and charm just about anyone.
  • How to charm and captivate anyone.

Simple conversation is the gatekeeper to friendships, your dream career, romance, and overall happiness. The ability to connect with anyone is an underrated superpower. People will be more drawn to you without even knowing why, and never again people will people be bored talking to you. You’ll never run out of things to say when you master these conversation tactics.

©2022 Patrick King (P)2022 Patrick King
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Great points!

Amazing book with great valuable guidance on how to be a better conversationalist. A must read!

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Was definitely interesting

Fort book I read on this app it was intriguing for sure would touch again

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The fact I had been doing some things mentioned already.

Nothing stood out as a dislike. I was made aware of things I had previously done wrong.

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How to hold a conversation 101

Great book on how to start, carry, and end conversations. A lot of it is common sense stuff but because of out habit/routine we don’t put it into practice when taking with people.

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I have adhd and anxiety

having these, untreated, made me dread having conversations, which obviously resulted in loss of connections. I was either too quiet or talked too much. So, I decided to just stay to myself to avoid constant misunderstandings. This book made me painfully aware of how much I allowed my trauma and mental health to effect my growth in conversational/ relationship skills. This was the first book on my journey to understanding/rewiring my brain and I think it was a great start. If you have similar mental health issues, I'm sure you can agree that this gave you some form of self awareness, even if others deem the information "basic". The narrators voice did not sound like AI in my opinion and I liked his flow. Overall, I feel a little more confident in my approach and it was a very easy listen. I will most likely listen again because....well, memory is another issue 😅.

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Long book but helped for sure

As someone who is self centered and talks too much this helped! lol thanks 15 word minimum here we go

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Good and helpful content

Content of the book is excellent and will be easily executed in everyday life. The narrator was good as well until chapter 6 when you can hear him sucking on his vape every few words. Was extremely distracting and disappointing…but up until that point the book is wonderful…

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Good info

Great tips and wasn’t dragged out. Enjoyed this, had good content and was very easy to learn as I listened.

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Listen, 80% listening 20% communication

Great book . I feel I’m great at conversations but I tend to make things odd and I make it about me . I want to become a better at listening and really ask good questions as well .

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Easy to understand

It was easy to understand with the voice actor being clear and concise. The book was that of interests, as it allows me to gain more information and insight in reading conversations. It was a good read and I would recommend this book to my friends.

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